The Pullman State Historic Site provides reproductions of items from its collections for personal or research use. If an image is to be reproduced in any type of publication or on the web, written permission is required and use fees may be assessed. Digitization of some of the items in this collection was developed pursuant to a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, an Office of the Secretary of State using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act .

Materials were donated by individuals, organizations, or companies to the Southeast Chicago Historical Project (SECHP) conducted by Columbia College between 1981 and 1984. In 1990 the SECHP collection was donated to the East Side Historical Society currently named the Southeast Chicago Historical Society (SECHS).